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Zeitgeist 30 p o r t l a n d monthly magazine Live Music Genos Every six months you could play Casa- blanca or The Maltese Falcon. You could still get an audience because there was no other source. You couldnt watch them on televi- sion you couldnt rent them and take them home says Steve. The big big change came when cable and videotape made these films readily accessible. W hat may once have been a threat to movie theaters in Portlandvideo rentalshas had to face its own ob- solescence. In recent weeks Portland said goodbye to a long-standing landmark Vid- eoport. Owner Bill Duggan acknowledged online streaming and a changing market as contributions to the closure. Movies on Exchange survives in the form of PMA Movies at the Portland Mu- seum of Art where Steve runs the weekend screenings. And today you can find 18000 former Videoport relics available to rent at the Portland Public Library. FinishinG Out the niGht By 1130 p.m. Sid Tripp and his crew would have been making their way down to the place close to all of their hearts Three Dol- lar Deweys. Deweys wasnt at its current spot on Commercial Street then. Once upon a time at the spot where the nightclub Pearl sits to- day Three Dollar Deweys was the place to be if you were anyone in Portland Wed always try to make it there before 11 oclock because thered be a line out the door Sid says. He describes a bar we all hope to know at one point during our drinking years. Cheesy maybe but it was the place where everybody knew your name. And if no one knew your address they could send your post to Deweys. Do you know the old Deweys Sue asks me over a beer at Sonnys. I shake my head. Oh my God she says. Deweys was awe- some. It was all benches. You were forced to sit next to people you didnt really know. siri take Me tO MeMOry Lane ItwasCheersbeforeCheerssaysSandyFla- nagan a bright warm woman with red hair to match. Shes brought out a giant scrap- book created by Deweys regular Roland Waddington Jr. whod visit every Saturday and sit at the back table and hold court. He was kind wonderful interesting and he loved people. Roland drew everyone together. The book is filled with pictures of Rolands friends postcards newspaper clip- pingsand not a single selfie. She points out a note written on a nap- kin from local writer Al Diamon promising to bring Roland back a bottle from England. Sandy flips through the pages invit- ing me into a warm friendly bygone bar to meet the likes of Manny Verzosa Claude Von Schmutz even Breakfast Club star Judd Nelson. Also floating in rockers like Tom Shown during a 1981 performance at Kayos on Middle Street in Portland Fashion Jungle was one of several Portland bands embracing the punk aesthetic of faster louder more fun. The short-lived original lineup of the band consisted of from left Doug Hubley Mike Pis- copo Ken Reynolds and Jim Sullivan. Richard Julio also known as Geets Romo booked bands at Genos from 1983 to 1993. Thats at the origi- nal Genos 13 Brown Street literally underground in the former Pickle Barrell Deli. Cover charge Two or three dollars says Julio. Rent in Julios record shop in the Mariners Church on Fore Street 75 a month. Bands he booked included The Brood above Ches- terfield Kings The Kopterz The Del Fuegos and BeBe Buell below a.k.a. Liv Tylers mom.To hear BeBe at the mic singing Normal Girl visit bit.lyNormalGirl. kayos Susan Hellier then now partying in the 80s above and strolling the waterfront today. Before Styxx there was the Underground. Photos from facebook.compagesThe-Underground-Portland-Maine.